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Insurance Act, 2049 BS

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Type
Act
Year
२०४९ BS
Status
Repealed
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What does it do?

Summary updated 2026-10-21

  • This historical Act established the Insurance Board framework for regulating insurance business. The reviewed Nepali consolidation lists amendments through 2072 BS; its commencement note gives 2049/12/17 BS. It describes the former framework, not current licensing, capital requirements or a route for making a claim today. The Authority also hosts an English copy whose opening amendment list stops at 2063 BS, so that copy must not be assumed to incorporate the later Nepali amendments.यो ऐतिहासिक ऐनले बीमा व्यवसाय नियमनका लागि बीमा समितिको संरचना स्थापना गरेको थियो। जाँचिएको नेपाली सङ्कलित पाठमा २०७२ सालसम्मका संशोधन सूचीबद्ध छन् र प्रारम्भसम्बन्धी टिप्पणीमा २०४९/१२/१७ उल्लेख छ। यसले पुरानो संरचना बुझाउँछ; हालको इजाजत, पुँजी आवश्यकता वा आज दाबी गर्ने प्रक्रिया बताउँदैन। प्राधिकरणले राखेको अङ्ग्रेजी प्रतिको प्रारम्भिक संशोधन सूची २०६३ सालसम्म मात्र छ, त्यसैले त्यसमा नेपाली प्रतिका पछिल्ला संशोधन पनि समावेश छन् भन्ने मान्नु हुँदैन। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Nepali PDF page 1, preamble and section 1; English PDF page 1 amendment list
  • The Board was an autonomous corporate body. Its powers included advising government on insurance policy, setting investment priorities, registering and renewing insurers and intermediaries, issuing directions and protecting policyholders. Section 8 separately addressed mediation of insurer–policyholder disputes and decisions on complaints about insurance liability. Board governance, staffing and delegation were regulated separately from an insurer’s own management.समिति स्वशासित सङ्गठित संस्था थियो। यसको अधिकारमा बीमा नीतिबारे सरकारलाई सुझाव दिने, लगानीका प्राथमिकता तोक्ने, बीमक तथा मध्यस्थकर्ताको दर्ता र नवीकरण गर्ने, निर्देशन दिने र बीमितको हित संरक्षण गर्ने काम थिए। दफा ८ ले बीमक र बीमितबीचको विवादमा मध्यस्थता तथा बीमा दायित्वसम्बन्धी उजुरीमा निर्णय गर्ने काम छुट्टाछुट्टै समेटेको छ। समितिको सञ्चालन, कर्मचारी र अधिकार प्रत्यायोजनका व्यवस्था बीमकको आफ्नै व्यवस्थापनभन्दा अलग थिए। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 3–9 and 43; Nepali PDF pages 3–5 and 18
  • Insurance business required a registration certificate identifying the permitted kind of business. Applications included institutional documents, policy terms and financial information; life-insurance certification also depended on prescribed standards and government approval. Renewal was annual, while missing financial reports, unpaid service charges or a business restriction could prevent renewal. The Act treated combined life and non-life business, names resembling existing insurers and minimum paid-up capital as distinct registration issues.बीमा व्यवसाय गर्न अनुमत व्यवसायको किसिम खुलाइएको दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र चाहिन्थ्यो। आवेदनमा संस्थागत कागजात, बीमालेखका सर्त र वित्तीय विवरण समावेश हुन्थे; जीवन बीमाको प्रमाणपत्रका लागि तोकिएका मापदण्ड र सरकारको स्वीकृति पनि आवश्यक थिए। नवीकरण वार्षिक थियो; वित्तीय प्रतिवेदन नबुझाएको, सेवा शुल्क नतिरेको वा व्यवसायमा रोक लागेको अवस्थामा नवीकरण रोकिन सक्थ्यो। जीवन र निर्जीवन बीमा एउटै संस्थाले गर्ने विषय, विद्यमान बीमकसँग मिल्ने नाम र न्यूनतम चुक्ता पुँजीलाई ऐनले छुट्टाछुट्टै दर्तासम्बन्धी प्रश्नका रूपमा राखेको थियो। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 10–12; Nepali PDF pages 5–8
  • Business restriction and cancellation of registration were different measures. Sections 12A and 13 required reasons and a reasonable opportunity to explain before the Board acted, with public notice after the specified decision. Restricting business did not end the insurer’s claims-payment responsibilities, and cancellation did not erase rights and liabilities arising from earlier transactions. The Act also provided for liquidation and an ordered payment of liabilities, placing specified policyholder claims after liquidation expenses and before employee dues and other listed debts.व्यवसायमा रोक र दर्ता खारेजी फरक उपाय थिए। दफा १२क र १३ अनुसार समितिले कारबाहीअघि कारण खुलाई स्पष्टीकरणको मनासिब अवसर दिनुपर्थ्यो र तोकिएको निर्णयपछि सार्वजनिक सूचना प्रकाशन गर्नुपर्थ्यो। व्यवसायमा रोकले बीमकको दाबी भुक्तानी दायित्व समाप्त गर्दैनथ्यो; दर्ता खारेजीले पनि अघिल्ला कारोबारबाट उत्पन्न हक र दायित्व मेटाउँदैनथ्यो। ऐनमा विघटन (लिक्विडेसन) र दायित्व भुक्तानीको क्रमसमेत थियो, जसमा विघटन खर्चपछि र कर्मचारीको बाँकी रकम तथा अन्य सूचीकृत ऋणअघि तोकिएका बीमा दाबी राखिएका थिए। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 12A–13, 16, 18 and 41B; Nepali PDF pages 8–11 and 17–18
  • Policyholder protection included restrictions on loans and guarantees to directors, their families and connected institutions, subject to the policy-surrender-value exception. Insurers could be responsible for harm caused by their employees, agents or surveyors. Section 17 allowed a complaint where compensation was unpaid or liability was not determined in time or was determined unfairly; the Board had to investigate and hear the insurer before deciding. If an appealed compensation decision was upheld, the text required the prescribed interest for the intervening period as well as payment.बीमितको संरक्षणका लागि सञ्चालक, निजका परिवार र सम्बन्धित संस्थालाई ऋण, जमानत वा सुरक्षण दिन प्रतिबन्ध थियो; बीमालेखको सरेन्डर मूल्यसम्मको ऋणको अपवाद भने छुट्टै थियो। कर्मचारी, अभिकर्ता वा सर्भेयरबाट भएको हानिको जिम्मेवारी बीमकमा पर्न सक्थ्यो। क्षतिपूर्ति नदिएको, समयमा दायित्व निर्धारण नगरेको वा मर्का पर्ने गरी निर्धारण गरेको अवस्थामा दफा १७ ले उजुरीको बाटो दिएको थियो; निर्णयअघि समितिले जाँचबुझ गरी बीमकलाई सफाइको अवसर दिनुपर्थ्यो। क्षतिपूर्तिको निर्णयविरुद्ध पुनरावेदन हुँदा निर्णय सदर भएमा बीचको अवधिको तोकिएबमोजिमको ब्याजसमेत भुक्तानी गर्नुपर्ने पाठमा छ। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 14–17; Nepali PDF pages 10–11
  • Financial safeguards required proper accounts, separate accounts and funds for different insurance businesses, and a compulsory reserve. Balance-sheet and income submissions generally had a six-month post-year-end deadline, with limited extensions; the audit report had a separate ten-month deadline. Life insurers needed actuarial valuation every three years. Premium normally had to be received before risk was accepted, but a time-limited bank or government guarantee could support the stated exception; retained and reinsured risks were treated separately.वित्तीय सुरक्षामा व्यवस्थित लेखा, अलग बीमा व्यवसायका लागि अलग हिसाब र कोष तथा अनिवार्य जगेडा कोष आवश्यक थिए। वासलात र आम्दानीको विवरण सामान्यतः आर्थिक वर्ष सकिएको छ महिनाभित्र बुझाउनुपर्थ्यो र सीमित म्याद थपको व्यवस्था थियो; लेखापरीक्षण प्रतिवेदनको म्याद भने दस महिना थियो। जीवन बीमकले प्रत्येक तीन वर्षमा बीमाङ्कीय मूल्याङ्कन गराउनुपर्थ्यो। सामान्यतः बीमा शुल्क प्राप्त गरेपछि मात्र जोखिम स्वीकार गर्न मिल्थ्यो; तर अवधि तोकी बैङ्क वा सरकारको जमानतमा बीमालेख जारी गर्ने अपवाद थियो। आफैं धारण गर्ने र पुनर्बीमा गर्ने जोखिमलाई अलग राखिएको थियो। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 19–28; Nepali PDF pages 11–12
  • Agents, surveyors and brokers had separate licensing provisions. Agents applied with an insurer’s recommendation; qualifications, annual renewal, disqualification and cancellation rules applied to the respective roles. Cancellation required a reasonable opportunity to answer the allegation. These historical provisions should not be used as a present-day application checklist or as proof that a person currently holds a licence.अभिकर्ता, सर्भेयर र दलालका लागि अलग इजाजत व्यवस्था थिए। अभिकर्ताले बीमकको सिफारिससहित आवेदन दिनुपर्थ्यो; सम्बन्धित भूमिकामा योग्यता, वार्षिक नवीकरण, अयोग्यता र खारेजीका नियम लागू हुन्थे। खारेजीअघि आरोपबारे स्पष्टीकरण दिने मनासिब अवसर चाहिन्थ्यो। यी ऐतिहासिक प्रावधानलाई अहिलेको आवेदन सूची वा कुनै व्यक्तिसँग हाल इजाजत छ भन्ने प्रमाणका रूपमा प्रयोग गर्नु हुँदैन। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 30–33; Nepali PDF pages 13–14
  • The Act provided penalties, investigation and special audit powers. Its consolidated section 37 allowed an appeal against a Board decision to the relevant High Court within thirty-five days; this wording reflects the later amendment shown in the footnote. Nomination of a life-policy beneficiary and inheritance when there was no surviving nominee were separate from regulatory complaints. The Board’s own accounts were subject to Auditor General audit, and its annual report went to the Finance Ministry with a public summary.ऐनमा सजाय, जाँचबुझ र विशेष लेखापरीक्षणका अधिकार थिए। सङ्कलित दफा ३७ ले समितिको निर्णयविरुद्ध सम्बन्धित उच्च अदालतमा पैँतीस दिनभित्र पुनरावेदन गर्न सकिने व्यवस्था राखेको छ; टिप्पणीअनुसार यो पछिल्लो संशोधनको शब्दावली हो। जीवन बीमामा इच्छाइएको व्यक्ति र त्यस्तो व्यक्ति जीवित नरहेको अवस्थामा हकवालाले रकम पाउने विषय नियामकीय उजुरीभन्दा अलग थिए। समितिको आफ्नै लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुने र वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन अर्थ मन्त्रालयमा बुझाई सारांश सार्वजनिक गर्ने व्यवस्था थियो। Nepal Insurance Authority / Nepal Law Commission Source accessed 2026-10-21 Sections 35–39A and 42; Nepali PDF pages 15–18
  • Section 48 repealed the Insurance Act, 2025 BS and preserved earlier actions within the 2049 Act’s framework. That clause is about the predecessor Act; it is not evidence of when the 2049 Act itself later ceased to operate. This page retains the catalogue’s separate repealed classification for the 2049 Act and does not infer a repeal date from the date an archived document was posted online.दफा ४८ ले बीमा ऐन, २०२५ खारेज गरी अघिका कामकारबाहीलाई २०४९ को ऐनको संरचनाभित्र बचाउ गरेको थियो। यो दफा अघिल्लो ऐनबारे हो; २०४९ को ऐन आफैं पछि कहिले निष्क्रिय भयो भन्ने प्रमाण होइन। यस पृष्ठले २०४९ को ऐनका लागि सूचीमा रहेको अलग खारेज वर्गीकरण कायम राख्छ र पुरानो कागजात अनलाइन राखिएको मितिबाट खारेजीको मिति अनुमान गर्दैन। Nepal Law Commissionनेपाल कानून आयोग Source accessed 2026-10-18 Section 48, Nepali PDF page 18; retained Law Commission repealed-listing evidence

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